The plan was supposed to actually include city bypasses. The full highways plan included 3 ring roads.
The outer ring would have been a loop going (roughly) from Cumbernauld to Hamilton to East Kilbride to Paisley to Erskine to Dumbarton and looping back to Cumbernauld by skirting north of Bearsden and Kirky.
The intermediate ring would have went from Blochairn/Provan to Parkhead to Dalmarnock to Polmadie to Shawlands to Dumbreck to Craigton to Clyde Tunnel to Anniesland to Canniesburn to Possil to Springburn back to Provan.
The inner ring going Townhead to charing Cross to Anderson Cross to Plantation to Gorbals then up high street back to Townhead.
The three rings would then be connected with spokes at various points with expressways. Springburn expressway and Clydeside expressway got built.
Only a portion of the plan actually got built. A computer model was recently ran to see how today's traffic patterns would have worked if the full network got built. The conclusion was that traffic flowed freely without major jams or congestion for the entire day throughout the city. |